As illustrated in FIG. 3B, in a plan view seen from the Z direction, the first division insulating film 50 skewers the initial columnar body CL2i in the X direction and divides the initial columnar body CL2i. Although the first division insulating film 50 overlaps a portion (central portion) of the initial columnar body CL2i, the first division insulating film 50 does not overlap the whole. Therefore, the columnar bodies CL2 remain as channels of the drain-side select gate SGDO on both sides of the first division insulating film 50, and the drain-side select gate SGD can function normally. Accordingly, the columnar body CL1 below the drain-side select gate SGD can be normally selected by the drain-side select gate SGD as a memory string. As a result, the dummy memory cells are not increased.
When the drain-side select gate SGDO does not function due to the division insulating film, the memory cell of the columnar body CL1 located below the division insulating film cannot be used for storing data and becomes a dummy memory cell. This wastes the memory cell array and hinders the miniaturization of the memory cell array 2m.
On the other hand, according to at least one embodiment, although the first division insulating film 50 partially overlaps the initial columnar body CL2i, the columnar body CL2 can be effectively used as the drain-side select gate SGDO. Therefore, the first division insulating film 50 can increase the data capacity of the memory cell array 2m and miniaturize the memory cell array 2m without increasing the dummy memory cell.